Preserving our Heritage!

Flags Across Florida - Our Dream

In the late 1990s, in response to the continued removal of Southern Heritage
symbols from public places, men of the Florida Division of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans, proposed the installation and display of several large Confederate Flags as a living memorial to the Confederate Cause and to those men and women who served the Confederate nation.

These installations were to be situated at prominent sites near interstate highways
coming into and throughout Florida.

They would serve:
(a) as a welcome from the SCV to residents and visitors of our beloved State
(b) as a daily reminder of the sacrifices of the Southern people and the Cause that our mission compels us to vindicate.

Several Florida Division Camps have erected flag poles along major highways in this State and the impact has been noted Internationally and has spurred public
discussion about the valour of our gallant Confederate Ancestors and their
beloved symbols.

The first site was the Havana site (north of Tallahassee) on US Highway 27 (60’),
 followed by the White Springs site on Interstate 75 north of interstate 10 – (100’).

The Tampa site has the largest flagpole (139’) and is the most prominent site to date.
 

When the park is complete it will include 16 tons of granite and 32 memorial markers (bronze plaques), in a peaceful park setting with planted flower gardens, park bench seating, wrought iron enclosure for protection after dark, dusk to dawn lighting on the prominent flag, courtyard and visitor parking.
 

See the Site Plan for the Tampa Site


 
 

A project of the Florida Division Sons of Confederate Veterans
(local contact Gen. Jubal Early Camp #556)

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